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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most colleges accept most students. It's not hard to get into college. It's hard to get into a very small number of schools. Any student can find a fit if they widen their scope.

I just looked up the VA public schools admit rates from Fairfax County. Only three of the universities have acceptance rates below 50% -- UVA (30%), W&M (42%), VT (43%, yes engineering admit will be lower).

JMU admitted 68.5% of Fairfax apps.

ALL OTHER VA public Us admitted at least 85% of applicants. And VCU is now an automatic admit for GPAs 3.5+ (excluding Arts and Engineering).

I know really smart kids having a great experience at VCU, GMU. I work with someone who speaks highly of her time at UMW. My husband is a successful engineer who went to ODU. There are so many options.[/quote]

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Thank you for the data. Stop the DCUM hyperbole that VA in-state schools are almost impossible. Even the top three are relatively accessible[/quote]

Yes. And for VT in particular talking in generalities is really pointless. Admit rate varies so widely by major. The year he applied, the in-state/not-URM/male admit rate for my son's major was 90%. Now it's 60%.

Even engineering is not a super-low admit rate, it's just really hard to predict which specific kids will get in which upsets people. They look at the admit rate and decide it's a safety, not knowing it's unpredictable. The in-state/not-URM/male admit rate for engineering last year was a not-impossible 40%.
https://udc.vt.edu/irdata/data/students/admission/index#college[/quote]

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